Blackouts unlikely after Hazelwood loses power

A company spokesman says they expect the power supply to be restored quickly.

International Power Hazelwood

The operators of the Hazelwood power station hope to resume full power generation by tomorrow.

Six of the station's eight generators have shut down because of fire damage to the station's electricity supply.

The fires cut power to the coal dredgers and the conveyor systems that feed coal to the generators.

The power station relying on an alternative coal supply for the time being.

Trevor Rowe, a spokesman for the company that operates the plant, GDF Suez, does not know when power will be restored, but he is confident at this stage, that Victoria's power supplies will not be jeopardised.

"Even when we get power back on the main line it takes some hours for the generating units to come back on line so it's not just a matter of flicking a switch," he said.